I Ordered a wig and it is on it's way to my house. But in reading the information i see it has a skin top and I'm freaking out XD because I think that means it will Look like it's growing out of my scalp and you can see the wigs 'scalp'. but I don't really know...

SO, someone please tell me.
Does Skin top mean you can sew the wigs scalp and it looks human?
or
Only that it's special in the way it can be parted any way you need?
Because I've started looking for a replacement wig worrying that it'll have a light skinned skin top , because I'm not light skinned >_<;;

thank you :3

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It depends how big the skin top is- large skintops can be a bit of an issue for matching skintone, and they tend to look like, as said, natural scalp and a natural hair part on a wig. MOST wigs come with a "button" skintop, which is just a little circle at the very top and centre about an inch across. It's almost invisible, it just make the wig look slightly more realistic at the very top. It won't part nearly as well as a large one would, however, and generally doesn't show.
As an example, my Zexion wig here has a large skintop and thus looks like real parted hair on my head (I've fooled a lot of people with that wig) - http://www.cosplay.com/photo/2325671/
My elf ranger wig here, has a "Button" skintop- http://www.cosplay.com/photo/3239780/

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Idk about anywhere else, but all of the skintop arda wigs I have, you can't see the skintop..They specifically make them so you can't..No idea about anywhere else though. I'd assume they should make them the same, but you never know..

Depends on where you buy it. Some places show very clear pictures of the skintop -- I can think of a couple of Japanese shops that do. Typically, a skintop is considered a plus, so sellers often want to show them off.

If it ends up being way too light -- and I don't know if this will work since I've never used Sharpies with wigs, so maybe someone with more experience can confirm whether or not this would work -- maybe you could get a marker and tint the skintop a darker color?

Depends on where you buy it. Some places show very clear pictures of the skintop -- I can think of a couple of Japanese shops that do. Typically, a skintop is considered a plus, so sellers often want to show them off.

If it ends up being way too light -- and I don't know if this will work since I've never used Sharpies with wigs, so maybe someone with more experience can confirm whether or not this would work -- maybe you could get a marker and tint the skintop a darker color?

Yes it will! Katie Bair used sharpies to darken the color of the skin top on a Anthy Himemiya (Utena) wig

Thanks thats good to know. I'll have to keep my eye out for a sharpie just in case.

I've been looking around ebay for my wigs (since my go-to online shops prices went up) and am finding a few the show the cap but none the skintop XD theres a .01 % itd match me anyway. 'Classic cap' didn't mean anything to me up to 5 days ago. It's supposed to be here in a few days .... so I'll see

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